Rod or bolt wrench



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M. M. BILLMIRE.

- ROD 0R BOLT WRENCH.

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NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ROD OR BOLT WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,004, dated July 6,1897. Application filed January 29, 1897. Serial No. 621,207. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN M. BILLMIRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ashton, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rod or Bolt Wrenches;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to rod and bolt tongs, and the object is toprovide a simple and powerful tool for manipulating rods and bolts.

To this end the novelty consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference-characters indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rod and bolt tongs. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section through the pivoted jaw. Fig. 3 is a view inthe direction of the arrow in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe removable cutter-bit.

1 represents the handle, the head 2 of which is bifurcated to form thecurved jaws 3 4.

5 represents a lever fulcrumed between said jaws on the rivet 6, so thatits integral arm 7 extends across the gap between the curved jaws 3 4,and it will be seen that the arm 7 and the head 2 are at obtuse anglesto their respective handles, as shown.

The face 8 of the arm 7 is formed with a rectangular recess 9, one end10 of which is beveled inwardly, as shown, while the oppo- Site end isprovided with a set-screw 12.

ing the cutter-bit shown in Fig. 4 the tool is converted into a bolt orrod cutter.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the'United States, 1s-

An improved rod and bolt wrench, comprising the handle 1, terminatinginthe upwardlycurved parallel jaws 3 and 4, forming the bifurcated head 2arranged at an obtuse angle to said handle 1, in combination with thelever 5, fulcrumed on the bolt 6 between said parallel jaws 3 and 4 andhaving its arm 7 arranged at an obtuse angle to said lever and at anapproximately right angle to said parallel jaws and having its planeface 8 formed with a rec tan gular recess 9 having an inwardly-beveledretaining end 10, a set-screw 12 adjustably secured in the outer end ofsaid arm 7 and the removable bit 13, provided with abeveled end 10 andadapted to be secured in the recessed face of said arm 7 and travel toand from said jaws 3 and 4 substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN M. BILLMIRE.

WVitnesses:

VICTOR H. MYERS, EDWARD B. ARNOLD.

